Students will create a class book (PDF) modeled after the book Potluck, by Anne Shelby, to identify the beginning sounds of words and the letter of the alphabet representing that sound (phonemic awareness). Contains links to step sheets...

After reading and discussing "Fierce Wondering" inspired by Ralph Fletcher's A Writer's Notebook: Unlocking the Writer within You, and a page from Amelia's Notebook by Marissa Moss, the teachers makes two class lists of interesting...

Selected (6) reading passages (grades 8-12) to pair with "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams. After losing her family estate to creditors, Blanche DuBois moves in with her younger sister, Stella, and her working class...

This activity is adapted from one of the TI books. Students measure lengths and widths of rectangles and record for the class to see. Each group's rectangle has the same perimeter, but different areas. After a discussion, students make...

Ninth graders will read chapters 28- 31 of A Lesson Before Dying. They participate in a whole-class discussion about the changes that occur in the main characters and how these changes relate to lessons being learned. Students will...

Students learn how common pop culture references (Harry Potter books) can relate to chemistry. While making and demonstrating their own low-intensity sparklers (muggle-versions of magic wands), students learn and come to appreciate the...

The purpose of this project is to teach students the life skills they need when dining in public. The project begins with a discussion of eating out and the students are polled as to how often, if ever, they eat in a restaurant with...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is designed to be used to integrate phonics into a farm theme used in kindergarten. Students work with story sequence, making words, describing using their 5 senses, and listening to and...

This Microsoft site provides a wealth of Office templates to be used by teachers. Such templates include attendance records in Excel, essay tests in Word, seat assignments in PowerPoint, and much more.

Students use their senses to observe nature then sketch a plant and/or animal in their science journals using detail and color. Using these sketches, they will create classroom books which are shared with the class.

This lesson plan serves as a final assessment for Toni Morrison's novel Beloved. Students need to have a thorough working knowledge of the story and characters in the book. They are asked to give Sethe a present-day trial since her trial...